Quotes by Josh Billings

It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.

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It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his...

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It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

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If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could...

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If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to...

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I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home...

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I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable...

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I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time...

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Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

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Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.

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Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.

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Don't ever prophesy; for if you prophesy wrong, nobody will forget it; and if you...

#Josh Billings